Hamhock's International Time Machine says: "What up? Let us strut on over to Turkey, circa 1974."
Erkin Koray is considered the first man to play "rock and roll music" in Turkey. On several occasions, he was assaulted for doing so. He was also stabbed for having long hair, like a sissy Turkette. Mr. Koray persisted and released an exceptional album of psychedelic, yet distinctly un-American, rock jams, Elektronik Turkuler. I don't know what a turkuler is, but clearly, Koray electrified one and paved the way for other rebellious long-haired Anatolians to express themselves without getting sliced in an alley.
Cheers to Erk the Turk
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